央
Meanings
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- 1.center
- 2.end
- 3.to beg
- 4.to plead
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Wiktionary
- 1.center; middle
- 2.to end; to finish
- 3.to beg; to plead; to implore
- 4.calamity; disaster
- 5.a surname
- 6.only used in 央央 (yāngyāng)
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Etymology
Unclear. Possibly a pictogram (象形) of a man with the neck in shackles — original form of 殃 (OC *qaŋ, “misfortune”). Later borrowed to represent 央 (OC *qaŋ, “center”) as an instance of jiajie (假借). Shuowen interprets it as a person inside a house. 於 (OC ʔa) plus terminative suffix *-ŋ, hence literally "to get to be in the middle" (Schuessler, 2007). See 於 (OC ʔa) for further etymology.
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Related words
中央 central央视 China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中国中央电视台[Zhōng guó Zhōng yāng Diàn shì tái]央行 central bank (abbr. for 中央银行[zhōng yāng yín háng])央及 to ask未央 (literary) not ended央财 Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing央求 to implore未央 see 未央区[Wèi yāng Qū]央中 to ask for mediation央企 centrally-managed state-owned enterprise (PRC), abbr. for 中央企业[zhōng yāng qǐ yè]央托 to request assistance央告 to implore